What would it take for you to stop supporting your favorite football club? Yes, the mere notion of such an idea seems ridiculous, but it just goes to show how much of a death grip football clubs have on its supporters. For the vast majority of us, our allegiance to our favorite club is fused […]

The year 2010 has been one of the best ever for soccer writing. Its unearthed talent such as Zonal Marking, The Swiss Ramble and European Football Weekends. And the most beautiful thing is that none of these three are corporate entities although all three can owe part of their success to the gracious hand of […]

A top goal by Ji-Sung Park at Old Trafford is today's video. The Korean's header puts United two points ahead with a game in hand. Here’s the links: Arsenal loss analysis [The Arsenal Column] Future Premiership [Bleacher Report] EPL tv rights [Forbes] Fantasy tips and review [Roto Experts] Umbro tee shop [Umbro] Hodgson keeps faith […]

One of the most publicised stories of recent years has been the demise and path towards what I am sure will be their eventual re-emergence of Leeds United. This is what makes this FA Cup story resonate with me, growing up I had always known Leeds as a huge side, with a fierce rivalry with seemingly every club in the top flight.

What is it about the Premier League which makes it so much more exciting than other leagues? And what is it about those Premier League broadcasts on ESPN that make them more exciting than similar matches on Fox Soccer Channel? For ESPN, maybe it's the fact that the games are shown in HD (I'm still […]

Fox Sports Media Group today announced that it has renewed its exclusive media rights in the United States and Caribbean to the UEFA Champions League for three additional seasons from 2012/13 through 2014/15. The agreement with UEFA ensures comprehensive coverage of the tournament on multiple Fox properties including Fox Sports, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer […]

The Gaffer and I stay in constant communication throughout most weeks in hopes we can continue to develop relevant ideas into entertaining original content for EPL Talk. Some weeks are chock-full of story ideas because of the dramatic nature of the Premier League which makes our job slightly easier. Other weeks we'll spend the free […]

Joe Cole is currently playing for Liverpool and the England national team. As a youngster Joe Cole was widely regarded as the hottest prospect in English football and was compared to the likes of Paul Gascoine. He famously scored seven goals in an 8-0 win over the Spanish under-18 national side. He established himself as […]

This season there's been a dramatic change in the mentality of North London's fiercest rivals. In the past, Tottenham Hotspur was always the underachievers, the club who promised so much in the big matches but always flattered to deceive. And now with Tottenham's resurgence under Harry Redknapp this season where they have beaten the likes […]

I started watching soccer just one year ago. I was flipping through the TVchannels one night, bored, when I got to channel 124, some obscure channel I had never heard of called Fox Soccer Channel (FSC). I watched some of the match that they were showing. In the beginning, I would watch the beginning of […]

After two disappointing months in charge of first-team affairs at Stuttgart, Jens Keller has been sacked and replaced by Bruno Labbadia, who had been out of a job since being sacked by Hamburg at the end of last season. Labbadia has been inherited a world of problems, and I don't think it's very likely that […]

Blackburn Rovers have sacked manager Sam Allardyce today with immediate effect. In a prepared statement by the club, they said that: "The Venky's Group, owners of Blackburn Rovers Football Club, has today confirmed the departure of manager Sam Allardyce and assistant manager Neil McDonald with immediate effect. First-team coaching duties will be taken on by Steve […]

Interesting video featuring big Sam today from the Mirror. Let's hope his side never have to run a 4-3-1-2. Here’s the links: Bendtner faces Denmark Axe [Mail] Manchester United vs. Arsenal preview [ManUTD24] Inside Soccer – Jen Chang [Sports Illustrated] Tangerine Dream [Gib Football Show] Letter to Tevez [The Fifth Official] Chelsea analysis [A Different […]

Dortmund’s form this season has been exceptional. In the early autumn, many people thought that perhaps they would start to fade away by now, but they’ve in fact managed to do the complete opposite. Incredibly, they now find themselves 11 points ahead of Bayer Leverkusen in second, and rather comically, 17 points ahead of the […]

Germany's Mesut Ozil, who has fit in so well at Real Madrid since arriving at the Spanish club with fellow German international Sami Khedira in the summer, opened the scoring this weekend for his side in a 3-1 win over Zaragoza. Here's the goal!